The AM Roundup: Loughner Sentenced to 7 Life Terms, More

Tucson shootings: Wearing a tan suit and a blank expression, 24-year-old Jared Loughner sat quietly through a storm of anger and tears in a courtroom Thursday morning before a federal judge sentenced him to seven life sentences plus 140 years in prison. WSJ

Stay or go: Attorney General Eric Holder said on Thursday that he hasn’t determined whether he will stay on as the chief U.S. law enforcement officer for President Barack Obama‘s second term. Reuters

Death penalty: Convicted Pennsylvania killer Hubert L. Michael Jr.’s life was extended Thursday night for at least two more weeks when the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed a stay of execution granted earlier in the day by a federal appeals court in Philadelphia. He would have been the first person executed in the state since 1999. Philly Inquirer

Intellectual property: Canada’s highest court has struck down the patent on the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. The generic equivalent, called sildenafil, is already making its way to the market. Toronto Star

Brady: A former Texas prosecutor faces a rare judicial proceeding next month that will examine whether he hid evidence favorable to a defendant who was convicted of murder and served nearly a quarter century in prison before being released due to DNA evidence pointing to another suspect. WSJ

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